Democrats call for possible action against NSO over Pegasus revelations

Four Democrats in Congress tell Biden administration that such firms should be sanctioned, and if necessary, shut down'

Democratic lawmakers in Washington have called on the Biden administration to consider placing NSO Group on an export blacklist and said recent revelations of misuse reinforced their conviction that the hacking-for-hire industry must be brought under control".

The statement by four members of Congress followed reports by the Pegasus project, a collaboration of 17 media organisations including the Guardian, which investigated NSO, the Israeli company that sells its powerful surveillance software to government clients around the world.